Predators fire Dan Redmond

The Nashville Predators have fired head athletic trainer Dan Redmond, the team confirmed.

Redmond has been with the Predators since their first season, and has worked with coach Barry Trotz even longer — as the head athletic trainer of the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League for five seasons.

In 2011, Redmond was named Professional Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society.

The decision on Redmond is the second personnel change the Predators have made this week. Nashville fired associate coach Peter Horacehk on Monday and hired Phil Housley to replace him on Tuesday.

It’s unclear what prompted Redmond’s firing, though the Predators had a high amount of shoulder injuries this season — not that you can really blame a trainer for injury luck.

Paul Gaustad, Colin Wilson, and Matt Halischuk each underwent shoulder stabilization surgery — a procedure with a four month recovery. Wilson had the procedure on his right and left shoulders.